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Eastern Standard - Feb. 27th, 2025

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Some of the most troubled children in the Kentucky foster care system are being housed in state office buildings. We find out why and about a proposed remedy in a conversation with Terry Brooks of Kentucky Youth Advocates. Listen to the arguments for and against a proposal to end state anti-pollution protection of groundwater. Also: the author of a new book about Harlan and Anna Hubbard; Lexington folk-country artist Charlie Overman; Japan's KODO Drums to perform in Lexington.

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Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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